Horse-overshoe.



B. GLOW.-

HORSE OVER-SHOE.

APPLICATION I'ILBD APR. 20, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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.IBENJAMIN GLOW, 0F DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-OVERSHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lfatentcd A pr. 19. 1910.

Application filed April 20, 1909. Serial No. 491,004.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GLOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton, in thecounty of Berkshireaiul State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Horse-Overshoe, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of the invention are, generally, the provision, in a merchantable form, of a device of the class above described, which shall be inexpensive to ma nufacture, facile in operation and devoid of complicated part-s; specifically, the-provision' of a creeper section of novel and improved form, designed to be assembled with a hoof section; the provision of calks adapted to assemble the creeper section with the hoof section; other and further objects being made manifest hereinafter as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arran ement of parts hereinafter described, dc ineated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in that ortion of this instrument wherein patentable novelty is claimed for certain distinctive andpeculiar features of the device, it being understood that within the scope of what hereinafter thus is claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made, Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are cmploycd to denote corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawln s.

Tn the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows my invention in perspective, the creeper section being vertically spaced from the hoof section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse section ol. the hoof section, showing a filling block inserted in one of the aperturcstherein; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section through one of the auxiliary calks, the creeper sect ion and the hoof section.

In carrying out my invention, I provide, primarily, a hoof section 1, in the form of a complete shoe. This hoot section .1 may be mounted upon the hoof of the draft animal The hoof section 1 is provided with a toe call: 2 and with the usual heel calks 3. Nearthe extremities of the toe calk 2, the hoof section 1 is provided section 6 is adapted to be superposed upon the hoof section 1, and is provided at its too with a notch 7, adapted to receive the toe calk 2 of the hoot section 1.

The creeper section (3 comprises a body portion 9, which, at its extremities, is halved to receive the extremities of the heels 8, which are pivotal] assembled. at 10, with the said body portion. The creeper section 6 is provided with apertures designed to reccivc calks 14, the apertures being in alincment with the apertures 4 and 5 of the hoof section. The calks comprise a head 11, adapted to engage the'lowcr face of the creeper section 6, and a shank 12, adapted to be passed through the creeper section 6 to engage the apertures t and 5 in the hoof section 1, it being understood that the apcrtures 4 and 5 are threaded. and that the shanks 12 of the calks are threaded to engage the apertures.

The hoof section 1 represents the ordinary horse shoe of commerce, which may b adapted to receive the creeper section by the insertion of the apertures land 5. liy pivoting the heels of the creeper section to the body 9 thereof, a single creeper section may be adapted to fit a series of hoof sections, or shoes, having a variety of shapes. This pivotal connection between the heels and the body'of the creeper section further onables the extremities of the said heels to be brought into lirm abutment with the heel calks 3 whereby the heels may be limited against further outward movement.

In practical operation, the creeper section is superposed upon the hoof section, the notch 7 in the former engaging the toe calk 2 of the latter. The contour of the apertures 4; is marked upon the boot section,theheels8are moved laterally to bring their extremities into abutment with the heel calks 3, and the apertures 5 are marked upon the hoof section. The creeper section is then removed and the apertures 4 and 5 are bored and threaded. When it is subseuently desired to assemble the creeper sec- By the foregoing operation, a horse shod with a summer shoe, may be sharp-shod 1n a few moments, and without calling into.

requisition the services of a. farrier. With equal facility, the creeper section 6 may be removed from the hoof section 1, theshoeing of the animal being changed thereby from a winter to a summer equipment. In the fall of the year it is frequently desirable to have draft animals shod alternately'for ice and for frozen ground, and, by means of my invention, tl e'change from the one form of shoeing to the other may be accomplished readily. The device renders unnecessary the pulling of the shoes from the feet of the draft animal whenever it 'is desired to change the character of the shoeing. It will also be noted that the calks M'may readily be removed from the shoe at any time, for

sharpening. The peculiar triangular shape of the cross section of the head of the calk makes it possible for a farmer to sharpen thglsame readily upon a grind-stone, or with a e. A

If desired, filling plugs 15 may be provided, adapted to be screwed into the apertures 4 and 5 in the hoof section, when the same is used without the creeper section 6.-

These filling plugs may be threaded to engage the apertures 4: and 5 and provided with a head 16, whereby they may be turned to place and remoyed These-filling plugs 15 prevent the apertures 4 and 5 from be-- the eels and of the body are spaced apart as denoted by the numeral 25, at the inner and .receive the toe calk of' the hoofsection,

outer edges of the creeper section. 5 If, when the free extremities of, the heels 8 are brought into abutment with the heel calks 3,

the creeper section should not aline perfectly with the hoof section, by driving the free ends of the heels 8 into close contact with the heel calks 3 the creeper section may be made to spring adjacent the pivotal union between the heels 8 and the body ortion 9, this yielding of the creeper section being promoted b its diminished widthadjacent the I aforesai pivotal connection, and further, by jthe'fact that the adjacent end faces of the heels and the. bod are spaced apart at the inner and outer e ges of the creeper section as denoted by the numeral 25.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect, by

Letters Patent-1s: I e

A device of the class described comprise ing a hoof section in the form of an integral shoe provided with toe and heel calks; .a creeper section adapted to be superposed upon the hooflsection the said creeper section comprising a body portion, adapted to and separately movable heels pivotally connected with the body portion; the heel calks of the hoof section bein arran ed to receive the free extremities o the bee s to limit the heels against outward movement; .and removable calks for holding the creeper sec-- tionupon the hoof section; the inner edge of the cree er section being provided with a striking ace extended upon both the body i and the heels, and inclined toward the outer edge of the creeper section; the adjacent ends of the heels and the body being spaced apart adjacent the striking face.

' In testimony that I .claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN GLOW. vVitnesses:

HENRY A. BREWSTER, ROBERT T. PARKER. 

